GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| unsavory | insipid |
| leave-taking | departure |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |